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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
Posts: 7173
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As title, which browser do you use as your primary browser? To clarify this is for PCs & Macs, I am not including mobile browsers. I've included all the major players in the poll, if you use some funky alternative feel free to tick other and name it in the thread.
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am
Posts: 2967
Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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I use tenfourfox which is a port of Firefox for ppcs. I would use chrome if it were available.
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| Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:33 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
Posts: 12030
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Safari.
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HeatherKay
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm
Posts: 7262
Location: Here, but not all there.
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Safari. It annoys me, I try the Firefox or Chrome and usually end up with Safari again. Not sure why.
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| Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:34 pm |
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bobbdobbs
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:10 pm
Posts: 5490
Location: just behind you!
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Firefox mainly but i use chrome and safari as well
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| Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:40 pm |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm
Posts: 17040
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Safari on Mac OS at home. I was using Safari for Windows at work but it suddenly decided it wasn't going to load images any more (any image, on any web page) and no matter what I did it wouldn't play nice, so I switched to Chrome.
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm
Posts: 5975
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Safari, but use Firefox for YouTube and a few other sites.
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| Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:44 pm |
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
Posts: 10022
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Firefox at home and firefox portable at work (which still uses IE6).
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steve74
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:43 pm
Posts: 1798
Location: Manchester
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Up until a few months ago, Camino. Now starting to use Safari again, but don't really like it - somehow it just doesn't feel very Mac-like to me, how ironic. Particularly dislike the disk churning activity for the first 5 or 10 minutes you launch Safari - think it's related to the Top Sites "feature", downloading preview thumbnails - just a shame you can't disable it altogether to speed things up.
Being still on a PowerPC Mac running Leopard 10.5, my options are somewhat limited, especially as Firefox is now stuck forever at v3.6 and Camino releases are slowing down. Safari seems like the only sensible choice. Camino was great for a fast, streamlined browser, but I want something that supports HTML5 video so I can get away from Flash Player.
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| Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:11 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
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steve74
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:43 pm
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Location: Manchester
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Yep, those options are unticked in Safari's preferences, but sadly that doesn't disable Top Sites, it just doesn't show them in new windows or when you launch Safari.
I've even tried a terminal command that's supposed to stop the previews being downloaded. Sadly, it only worked for about a day or so then the disk churning started again - I know it's Safari, as when I quit it the disk activity stops. Once it's done its thing, usually after about 5 or 10 minutes, the disk activity stops for the rest of that session - starting again next time Safari launches.
Thanks anyway, guess I'll just learn to live with it.
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MrStevenRogers
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:44 pm
Posts: 4860
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chrome at the moment with the following extensions ...
adblockplus
flashblock
notscripts
speed dial 2
tabs to the front
vanilla cookie manager
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| Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:14 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
Posts: 12700
Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Firefox.
I like the customisation, ie add ons.
I use NoScript and BetterPrivacy. Plus I have a nice cat theme.
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| Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:52 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
Posts: 45931
Location: Belfast
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'Other' cos I use nearly all those listed and Dolphin  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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| Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:00 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
Posts: 12700
Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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I tried using the mobile version of Firefox for Android, but it was dog slow so I just went back to the default browser.
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